The Emerging Writers’ Festival work, learn and play largely on the land of the Kulin nation, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

EWF celebrates the history and creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.

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Artist

Vuong Pham

Vuong Pham’s poetry explores themes of displacement and cultural identity. One of his poems, ‘Mother’ is studied as a prescribed text in the NSW HSC English syllabus (2019—2025). His honours include the Local Word Poetry Prize (2025); ACU Poetry Prize (2024); Shinhaiku Contest (2024); Newcastle Poetry Prize (2023); Free Expression Haiku Competition (2013); and Jean Cecily Drake-Brockman Poetry Prize (2013). He is currently working on his first full-length collection of poetry, ‘Reborn’. Find out more about him on his website: https://vuongphampoetry.wordpress.com

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Saturday 13 September, 11AM-12PM

‘Where Do You Get Your Ideas?’

Three poets explore the fickle beast of inspiration across research, personal history, passion, and spontaneous insight, as well as the ‘slow burn’ of ideas that may take years to fully form.

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